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List:       evms-devel
Subject:    Re: [Evms-devel] Script to open and close snapshots
From:       Kevin Corry <kevcorry () us ! ibm ! com>
Date:       2005-05-28 13:46:32
Message-ID: 200505280846.32459.kevcorry () us ! ibm ! com
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Hi Ross,

Thanks for the snapshot script! I've added it to the "User Contributions" 
section on the EVMS website, and hopefully other people will be able to use 
it as well.

http://evms.sourceforge.net/contrib/

On Fri May 20 2005 1:13 am, Ross Boylan wrote:
> I've attached a python2.4 script that can open and close a snapshot.
> My intention is to use it for backups.
>
> # snapshot.py open /home
> creates a snapshot on the volume for /home, and mounts it.
>
> # snapshot.py close /home
> cleans up.
>
> The script depends on at least one python 2.4 and one python 2.3
> feature, as well as the pyexpect module.  The latter is not part of
> the standard distribution.  It would be easy to work around the 2.4
> feature requirement.
>
> pyexpect does not require expect.
>
> I have not even exercised all the code paths, so it's highly likely it
> contains bugs.  However, it seems to work for me (tm).  Of course, I
> haven't yet made a backup with it...
>
> Feel free to use it or improve upon it.  I have the logging turned up
> pretty high for debugging; obviously you will need to specify
> appropriate paths for your system in the global definitions near the
> start of the file.
>
> Thanks to everyone for their help in this project.
>
> Ross Boylan

-- 
Kevin Corry
kevcorry@us.ibm.com
http://www.ibm.com/linux/
http://evms.sourceforge.net/


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